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How to change SQL server Collation?

SQL server collation is very important for Installing, Migrating (Dynamics GP from one server to another) and upgrade Dynamics GP. We always need to use standard collation which is mentioned in GP installation guide. Suppose if we want to change the SQL server collation after everything was configured in SQL server, we can rebuild our SQL server database with following below steps.

Before change the collation of SQL server, we need take a backup of all databases(lDF and MDF files) used within the SQL server instance. Then run the below command to change the SQL server collation.